Meaning & use
haunted
Believed to be regularly visited by ghosts, or deeply and persistently troubled by a memory or fear.
See it in a sentence
Local teenagers dared each other to spend a night in the haunted mansion on the hill.
Years after the accident, he remained haunted by guilt over what he could not prevent.
A note on using this word
Haunted can describe a place said to hold ghosts, or, figuratively, a person constantly disturbed by a past event or feeling.
Words with a similar meaning
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Words with an opposite meaning
peacefuluntroubled
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